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the Black Death also known as the Great
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Plague was a devastating Global epidemic
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of Bubonic plague that struck Europe and
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1300s plague arrived in Europe in
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1347 when 12 ships from the Black Sea
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docked at the Sicilian Port of
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mesina to the horror of the people who
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gathered on the docks most Sailors
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aboard the ships were dead and those
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still still alive were Gravely ill
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covered in Black boils that oozed blood
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and pus the cyan authorities hastily
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ordered the fleet of death ships out of
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the harbor but it was too late over the
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next 5 years the black death would kill
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more than 20 million people in Europe
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almost 1/3 of the continent's
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population the disease was caused by the
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bacterium urenia pesus is typically
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transmitted through the bite of an
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infected flea these fleas lived on black
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rats were common in Europe at the time
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the plague can also spread from person
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to person via Airborne droplets when an
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infected person coughs or sneezes
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symptoms of the plague included fever
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chills vomiting diarrhea terrible aches
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and pains and then in short order death
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plagues spread rapidly helped by the
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dense population and poor sanitary
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conditions of the medieval cities trade
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routes both Overland and by sea
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facilitated the spread of the disease as
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merchants and travel ERS unwittingly
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carried the infection to new areas major
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outbreaks occurred in port cities and
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then spread Inland along trade roads
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cities like Venice Florence and Paris
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were hit particularly hard the impact of
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the Black Death was catastrophic entire
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towns were wiped out and the massive
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death toll led to severe labor shortages
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which in turn caused wages to rise this
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economic shift weakened the feudal
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system as peasants demanded better
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conditions and pay contri buting to the
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gradual end of serfdom in Western Europe
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the shortage of Labor also prompted
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technological innovation and changes in
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agricultural practices as land owners
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sought more efficient ways to manage
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their diminished workforces thanks for
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